Shutter-operating device.



W. ROGERS..

SHUTTER OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I918.

PatentedJune25J918.

rar' WALTER ROGERS, OF WEST ANNAI EOLIS, MARYLAND.

SHUTTER-OPERATING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, WALTER Rooms, a citizen of the United Fatates, residing at West Annapolis, in the county of Anne Arundel and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Operating Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved de vice for opening or closing window shutters without necessitating that the window sash be raised.

.It is the primary object of the invention to provide a device for the above purpose which may be readily attached tothe ordi nary window shutter and which can be easily and quickly operated to move the shutters totheir open or closed positions.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide shutter opening means including a manually operable element movably mounted in the sub-sill of atlng connections between said members and 1 the window frame, members hingedly connected to the respective shutters, and operthe manually operable element.

' It is another object of my invention to provide coacting means upon one of the shutters and said operating member whereby the shutters may be securely lockedin their closed positions.

And it is a furthergeneral object of the invention to provide a shutter operating device consistingof relatively few parts of simple form, and which will therefore be strong and durable and not likely to get out of order, and capable of manufacture at relatively small cost.

With the above and other obj ects in view the invention consistsin the improved combination, construction and relative arrangement of the several parts, as Wlll he hereinafter more particularly described, subsequently claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein, m

Figure 1 is a top plan view partly'in section showing the shutters locked in their closed positions;

*Fig. 2 is a s1m1lar view showing the relativepositions oftheparts when the shutters are open; v

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of 1;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jun as; rare.

Application filed MarchlG, 1918. Serial No. 222,920.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line l -4.- of Fig. 1; and I r Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the hmgedly connected plates and the pintle therefor.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the hinge plates which are suitably secured to the inner faces of the respective shutters, shown at S, adjacent to the lower edges thereof. Eachof these-plates has a sub-sill of the window frame, and this'rod terminates at one of its ends in an angular finger 11, a suitable head or operating han dle 12being fixed to the other end of. said rod. Upon therod 10, adjacent to the finger 11, a collar13 is engaged andis held against longitudinal shifting movement, by the cot ter pins or. keys 14c engaged through openings in said rod at opposite sides ofmthe collar. a

Tothe collar 13 at diametrically opposite points the levers 15. are pivotally connected at one of their ends. Each of these levers intermediate of its ends is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 16 to receive a guide stud or screw 17 which is fixed in the sub-sill. The end of the lever beyond this slot is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 18. l

' l9 designates rods or bars which are re spectively connected by bolts 20 to the levers 15, said bars 19 being also provided with. spaced openings 21 to register with a selected opening 18 in the lever 15 for the reception of the pin 20. Thus the bars 19 can be longitudinally adjusted with respect to the levers 15in accordance with the width of the window frame. The bars 19 are con nected at their other or outer ends to the plates 8 by means ofpivot pins 22. The plates 8 are also provided with additional openings 23 to receive the pins whereby the bars 19can be adjustablyconnected to the respective plates.

opening 25 coinciding with the opening in lower side with a longitudinally extending series'of teeth 26 which are adapted to engage the edge of the opening and hold the rod against movement when the shutters are'open.

To the inner face ofjth'e right hand shutter having the 'bead on its free vertical edge for engagement inthe rabbet or groove in the outer face of the other shutter when the shutters are closed, a keeper member 27 is fixed, and this keeper member the terminal finger 11 on the rod 10 is adapted to connected ends of the bars 19 and the outer end of the rod. 10 are preferably inclosed within a suitable housing or casing shown at 28, to protect the from the elements.

From the foregoingdescription taken in parts against injury connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of the device will be fully understood. When it is desired to open the shutters, the operator first turns the rod 10' to the left to disengage the angular end 11 thereof from the keeper 27. He then pulls inwardly on said rod, which transmits a pivotal sliding movement to the levers 15 and through the medium of the-connecting bars 19', the shutters are urged outwardly to their open" positions. The operator then presses downwardly on the inner end of the handle or lever 10 to engage one of the teeth handle then forced outwardly so that the bars 19 are actuated and operate through the hinge plate 8'to pull or draw the shutters inwardly to their closed positions. f The rod 10 is then turned to the right to engage the end 11 in the keeper 21 and thus-securely lock the "shutters against opening movement. It will'thus be seen that I have roduce'd a device which can be convenientl y actuated with a minimum of exertion from the interior of a room to either close or open the shutters without requiring that the window sash shall .firstbe raised. The device as a whole isof exceedingly simple construction, and the several parts thereof highly effective andreliable in its operation. While I have herein illustrated a particular mounting and arrangement of the several elements 'as-well as the preferred form and construction thereof, itis nevertheless to be understood that in these respects the inventionis susceptible of considerable modification, and I therefore reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A device for opening and closing shutters including a rectilinearly movable operating member, elements connected to the respective shutters for movement relative thereto, means operatively connecting said elements to the operating member, whereby in the movement of said member in one direction the shutters are closed and in the movement of said member in an opposite direction the shutters are opened, and a keeper element fixed to one of the shutters with be engaged when said rod is turned after the shutters have been closed. The levers 15, the

which the operating member is adapted to coact'to lock the shutters in their closed positions.

2. A device for opening and closing window shutters including a rectilinearly movable operating rod, levers mounted for sliding pivotal movement and operatively connected to one end of said rod, members connected to the respective shutters for movement relative thereto, and means operatively connecting the levers to said members whereby in the movement of the rod in one direction the shutters are closed and in the move ment of said rod in an opposite direction the shutters are opened.

3. A device for opening and closing window shutters including a rectilinearly movable operating rod, levers mounted for sliding pivotal movement and operatively connected to one end of said rod, members connected to the respective shutters for movement relative thereto, and bars connected at one of their ends to said members and adjustably connected at their opposite ends to the respective levers and whereby the shutters are closed upon a movement of the rod in one direction and opened when the rod is moved in an opposite direction.

4. A device for opening and closing window shutters including a rectilinearly movable operating rod, levers mounted for sliding pivotal movement and operatively connected to one end .of said rod, members connected to the respective shutters for movement relative thereto, bars connected at one of their ends to said members and adjustably connected at their opposite ends to the respective levers and whereby the shutters are closed upon a movement of the rod in one direction and opened when the rod is moved in an opposite direction, and latch means for holding the rod against movement when the shutters are open.

5. A device for o )ening and closing window shutters including a rectilinearly movable operating rod, levers mounted for sliding pivotal movement and operatively connected to one end of said rod, members connected to the respective shutters for movement relative thereto, bars connected at one of their ends to said members and adan angular terminal finger to engage in said 1; justably connected at their opposite ends to keeper upon a turning movement of the rod the respective levers and whereby the shutto lock the shutters in their closed positions. ters are closed upon a movement of the rod In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 5 in one direction and opened when the rod is signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

moved in an opposite direction, latch means WALTER ROGERS. for holding the rod against movement When Witnesses:

the shutters are open, and a keeper element CLARENCE R. KLAKRING,

fixed to one of the shutters said rod having ROBERT RIToHm.

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